HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)CredentialsFinancial accountLowContained

IHS Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 22, 2013

Filed

May 15, 2013

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for IHS Inc. →2 incidents on file

IHS Inc discovered on February 22, 2013, that unauthorized parties illegally accessed its databases containing customer personal information, including names, contact info, usernames, passwords, and payment card numbers. The unauthorized access occurred on or about November 22, 2012. IHS engaged law enforcement and forensic experts, reset passwords, and enhanced security safeguards.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 92 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 82 days

Nov 22, 2012

Begins

Feb 22, 2013

Discovered

May 15, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: IHS Inc.
norm: ihs
Domain: ihserc.com

Name: IHS Inc.
norm: ihs
Domain: ihserc.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 22, 2013
Breach occurred: Nov 22, 2012
Undetected for: 92 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)CredentialsFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Worked with law enforcement authorities to investigate this cyber attack
Retained experts in data security to conduct a forensic investigation
Automatically reset individual passwords
Changes made: Secured our systems
Enhanced our data security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(82 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-41789
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 15, 2013
Raw hash: 37c70939bcf55c4b367d04e241cd1a9762af59468b139db65dd4d36f102aca95

Reporting entityIHS Inc.

Victim entityIHS Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 22, 2013

Stated responseWorked with law enforcement authorities to investigate this cyber attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov